On March 16-18^th a delegation from the University of Luxembourg travelled to Germany for a set of meetings with universities and research institutes in Dresden, Potsdam and Berlin.

The visit was organized by the Embassy of Luxembourg to Berlin, represented by His excellency, Ambassador Georges Santer and Ms. Cindy Tereba, responsible for the Trade office at the embassy. The delegation from the University of Luxembourg consisted of Professor Rainer Klump, President of the University, Professor Rudi Balling, Director of the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB), Professor Bernhard Peters, from the Research Unit in Engineering Sciences and Jenny Hällen Hedberg, Head of the International Relations Office.

The visit started in Dresden, where the delegation was welcomed by the Technische Universität Dresden and hosted by the President, Professor Dr. Hans Müller-Steinhagen.

The delegation also visited the CRTD- DFG Forschungszentrum für regenerative Therapien Dresden, where it was received by Professor Dr. Gerd Kempermann and Professor Dr. Anthony Hyman amongst others. The delegation also visited the Max Planck institute of Molecular cell biology and genetics, where it was hosted by Professor Dr. Gene Myers and Professor Dr. Ivo F Sbalzarini. In Dresden, the Honorary consul for Luxembourg to Sachsen, Professor Heribert Heckschen was present during all meetings.

After beautiful  Dresden, Berlin was next. In Berlin, the Luxemburgish group visited the Hasso Plattner institute (Potsdam) and had meetings in the embassy with Prof Dr. Christian Thomsen, President of Technische Universität Berlin as well as with Professor Dr. Peter-André Alt, President of Freie Universität Berlin and the responsible for international relations at that university, Dr. Herbert Grieshop.

Subjects discussed were research collaborations in the field of engineering and systems biology and also other academic fields, the development of student and staff exchange as well as benchmarking in terms of organisation with German universities.